David the pitcher, not Jim the announcer, hi.
The battle between two of the American League's top hurlers came off not quite as expected.
Verlander gave up three solo homers, two by David Jennings and one by Ben Zobrist. Guys like Bert Blyleven got to the Hall of Fame by giving up home runs, in bunches but with no one on. Verlander, however, doesn't have the Twins' hitters of that era on his team, and three solos still add up to a 4-2 loss.
Price scattered five hits, and Fernando Rodney -- the original Fernando, one of three former Tigers wearing retro D-Rays unis -- got the save. Three up, three down on nine pitches, two strikeouts; his 22nd save to go with a 1.04 ERA. Too bad he didn't do more of that when he played for OUR team.
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